Matt Nagy Quotes

I learned so much stuff at Hoffenheim and made a lot of friends. I also made good connections with the managers. They taught me a lot that I can take on in my career.

Being a part of the National Football League for so long, I've come across so many trainers and equipment managers who've allowed me to be who I am today.

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

Whatever happens happens, but learning from the players at Chelsea is a great experience.

You try and pick up something from everyone you work with and I grew up watching Jame Carragher and it was such an honour to train with Liverpool's first team.

I also wanted to play with Peyton Manning because I thought he could teach me a lot, and he did.

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.

I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.

David Moyes was one who, at a certain crossroads in my career, he was there. And since then, I've kicked on. That's why he played such a big role in my career.

A strong and dedicated mentor can help a young woman get her foot in the door, get a promotion and get a raise.

I don't plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going to bring you up and elevate your performance. They'll let you know things that you didn't know already and bring you places that you might not have gotten to otherwise.

To be on the same team with Orr was great because when I turned pro, nobody had more charisma.

I just loved to play. I liked to study the other ballplayers. I could talk about it for ages, because I played professional ball for 20 years, and I was still learning when I quit.

My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These were the guys who took me under their wing, and really schooled me in terms of what the business was about.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.

Sport was an integral part of school life. The most influential teachers were not necessarily the PE teachers, but the teachers who helped me in sport because they had an understanding of what you were going through.

Women often are so focused on getting their jobs done well that they forget that building relationships is a key part of being a leader - and increasingly so, the higher you go.

You can play football and be the next Jim Brown or play baseball and be the next Reggie Jackson.

You can't become a CEO without working hard and delivering results, but that will only take you so far. Building and leveraging strong relationships with mentors and sponsors will take you the rest of the way.

Music is just sound - what's more important to me is behavior. I'm watching these play-offs - basketball - it's interesting to watch behavior, underneath all the movements and everything like that. They go into the audience and show some of the parents of the players and all that.

You always want to improve, learn from the veterans on the team.

I like to make statements on the field.